TODAY IN HISTORY – November 24th
1941 - Born this day, Pete Best, ex Beatle, drummer, 1960-62.
1941 - Born on this day, Donald Dunn,Booker T and the MG's, (1962 US No. 3 single 'Green Onions', 1969 UK No.4 single 'Time Is Tight'). Dunn died in his sleep on 13th May 2012 after playing a show at the Blue Note night club in Tokyo the night before. He had been in the country as part of an ongoing tour with Steve Cropper and Eddie Floyd.
1942 - Born this day, Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian, singer, actor, The Humblebums with Gerry Rafferty, and solo, 1975 UK No.1 single D.I.V.O.R.C.E.
1944 - Born on this day, Bev Bevan, drums, The Move, (1969 UK No.1 single 'Blackberry Way'), Electric Light Orchestra, (1979 UK No.3 & US No.4 single 'Don't Bring Me Down' plus 26 other Top 40 hits). Now a UK radio presenter on Saga FM in the West Midlands.
1955 - Born this day, Clem Burke, drummer, Blondie, five UK No.1 singles including 1979 UK and US No.1 single Heart Of Glass and 1978 world-wide No.1 album Parallel Lines.
1958 - Jackie Wilson's Lonely Teardrops was released, as was a disc by Richie Valens featuring Donna on one side and La Bamba on the other.
1962 - Born on this day, John Squire, guitar, The Stone Roses, (1989 UK No.8 single 'Fool's Gold', 1989 album 'The Stone Roses'). The Seahorses, (1997 UK No.3 single 'Love Is The Law').
1966 - During a evening recording session the Beatles started work on a new John Lennon song called Strawberry Fields Forever.
1968 - Diana Ross and The Supremes were at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Love Child', their 11th No.1 in the US. The song is also notable for knocking off and keeping The Beatles' massive 'Hey Jude' off the top spot in the US.
1973 - Ringo Starr went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Photograph. His first of two US chart toppers as a solo artist.
1976 - Appearing at Norwich University, were Split Enz.
1976 - Chicago started a three week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'If You Leave Me Now', the American group's only UK No.1. It went on to win a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance.
1979 - Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with No More Tears (Enough Is Enough). It was a No.3 hit in the UK.
1983 - Irish group The Undertones split up. Lead singer Feargal Sharkey went on to have a No.1 UK single as a solo artist with 'A Good Heart' and later worked in A&R for various record labels, and later became the head of UK Music, an umbrella organisation representing the collective interests of the UK's commercial music industry.
1984 - Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee married his girlfriend, nude model Candice, (Elaine Margaret Starchuk). The marriage lasted one month. Lee has also been married to actress Heather Locklear and the former Playboy Playmate Pamela Anderson
1991 - Died this day, Freddie Mercury, lead singer with the rock group Queen, of complications from aids at his home in London's Holland Park. He was 45. During his career with Queen he had scored over 40 top 40 UK singles including the worldwide No.1 Bohemian Rhapsody.
1991 - Eric Carr (Paul Charles Caravello) drummer with Kiss died aged 41, of complications from cancer in a New York hospital. Carr replaced Peter Criss in 1980 and remained a band member until he became ill in 1991. For his Kiss stage persona, Carr was known as 'The Fox.'
1992 - Bill Wyman's divorce was finalised with the high court awarding Mandy Smith £580,000.
1993 - American blues guitarist and singer Albert Collins died of lung cancer aged 61. Known as ‘The master of the telecaster’, he shared a Grammy for the 1985 album Showdown! which he recorded with Robert Cray and Johnny Copeland.
2002 - Robbie Williams started a five week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with his fifth studio album ‘Escapology’. The album became the best selling album of 2002 in the United Kingdom, selling 1.2 million copies.
2003 - Glen Campbell was arrested for extreme drunk driving in Phoenix, Arizona.
2003 - 'Agadoo' by Black Lace was named the worst song of all time by a panel of music writers. The song which peaked at No.2 on the UK charts in 1984 spent 30 weeks in the top 75 and went on to become the eighth best-selling single of 1984 in the UK. Black Lace themselves recorded an X-rated version of the song entitled 'Have a Screw', which was released on the B-side of the 12-inch vinyl 'Gang Bang'.
2005 - Bob Geldof called for fair trade at an awards event in Rome that recognised his antipoverty efforts. "Africa must be allowed to trade itself out of poverty," he said as he received the Man of Peace award from the former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
2007 - Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea lost his multi-million pound house in a wildfire that swept through Malibu, 53 other properties were destroyed by the blaze. Flea told the Los Angeles Times the $4.8m (£2.3m) property was "burnt to a crisp".
2008 - Snaresbrook Crown Court heard how Boy George chained a male escort to his bedroom wall and beat him with a metal chain after accusing him of hacking into his laptop. The singer had made contact with Mr Carlsen, 29, on the social networking website Gaydar. Mr Carlsen told the court that he was dragged along the floor towards the bed and a handcuff was put on his right hand. The manacle was attached to a hook drilled into the wall by the bed. The police later photographed welts on Mr Carlsen's arm where the handcuffs had been. The fire brigade had to be called to cut the cuffs off.
1941 - Born this day, Pete Best, ex Beatle, drummer, 1960-62.
1941 - Born on this day, Donald Dunn,Booker T and the MG's, (1962 US No. 3 single 'Green Onions', 1969 UK No.4 single 'Time Is Tight'). Dunn died in his sleep on 13th May 2012 after playing a show at the Blue Note night club in Tokyo the night before. He had been in the country as part of an ongoing tour with Steve Cropper and Eddie Floyd.
1942 - Born this day, Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian, singer, actor, The Humblebums with Gerry Rafferty, and solo, 1975 UK No.1 single D.I.V.O.R.C.E.
1944 - Born on this day, Bev Bevan, drums, The Move, (1969 UK No.1 single 'Blackberry Way'), Electric Light Orchestra, (1979 UK No.3 & US No.4 single 'Don't Bring Me Down' plus 26 other Top 40 hits). Now a UK radio presenter on Saga FM in the West Midlands.
1955 - Born this day, Clem Burke, drummer, Blondie, five UK No.1 singles including 1979 UK and US No.1 single Heart Of Glass and 1978 world-wide No.1 album Parallel Lines.
1958 - Jackie Wilson's Lonely Teardrops was released, as was a disc by Richie Valens featuring Donna on one side and La Bamba on the other.
1962 - Born on this day, John Squire, guitar, The Stone Roses, (1989 UK No.8 single 'Fool's Gold', 1989 album 'The Stone Roses'). The Seahorses, (1997 UK No.3 single 'Love Is The Law').
1966 - During a evening recording session the Beatles started work on a new John Lennon song called Strawberry Fields Forever.
1968 - Diana Ross and The Supremes were at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Love Child', their 11th No.1 in the US. The song is also notable for knocking off and keeping The Beatles' massive 'Hey Jude' off the top spot in the US.
1973 - Ringo Starr went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Photograph. His first of two US chart toppers as a solo artist.
1976 - Appearing at Norwich University, were Split Enz.
1976 - Chicago started a three week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'If You Leave Me Now', the American group's only UK No.1. It went on to win a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance.
1979 - Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with No More Tears (Enough Is Enough). It was a No.3 hit in the UK.
1983 - Irish group The Undertones split up. Lead singer Feargal Sharkey went on to have a No.1 UK single as a solo artist with 'A Good Heart' and later worked in A&R for various record labels, and later became the head of UK Music, an umbrella organisation representing the collective interests of the UK's commercial music industry.
1984 - Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee married his girlfriend, nude model Candice, (Elaine Margaret Starchuk). The marriage lasted one month. Lee has also been married to actress Heather Locklear and the former Playboy Playmate Pamela Anderson
1991 - Died this day, Freddie Mercury, lead singer with the rock group Queen, of complications from aids at his home in London's Holland Park. He was 45. During his career with Queen he had scored over 40 top 40 UK singles including the worldwide No.1 Bohemian Rhapsody.
1991 - Eric Carr (Paul Charles Caravello) drummer with Kiss died aged 41, of complications from cancer in a New York hospital. Carr replaced Peter Criss in 1980 and remained a band member until he became ill in 1991. For his Kiss stage persona, Carr was known as 'The Fox.'
1992 - Bill Wyman's divorce was finalised with the high court awarding Mandy Smith £580,000.
1993 - American blues guitarist and singer Albert Collins died of lung cancer aged 61. Known as ‘The master of the telecaster’, he shared a Grammy for the 1985 album Showdown! which he recorded with Robert Cray and Johnny Copeland.
2002 - Robbie Williams started a five week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with his fifth studio album ‘Escapology’. The album became the best selling album of 2002 in the United Kingdom, selling 1.2 million copies.
2003 - Glen Campbell was arrested for extreme drunk driving in Phoenix, Arizona.
2003 - 'Agadoo' by Black Lace was named the worst song of all time by a panel of music writers. The song which peaked at No.2 on the UK charts in 1984 spent 30 weeks in the top 75 and went on to become the eighth best-selling single of 1984 in the UK. Black Lace themselves recorded an X-rated version of the song entitled 'Have a Screw', which was released on the B-side of the 12-inch vinyl 'Gang Bang'.
2005 - Bob Geldof called for fair trade at an awards event in Rome that recognised his antipoverty efforts. "Africa must be allowed to trade itself out of poverty," he said as he received the Man of Peace award from the former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
2007 - Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea lost his multi-million pound house in a wildfire that swept through Malibu, 53 other properties were destroyed by the blaze. Flea told the Los Angeles Times the $4.8m (£2.3m) property was "burnt to a crisp".
2008 - Snaresbrook Crown Court heard how Boy George chained a male escort to his bedroom wall and beat him with a metal chain after accusing him of hacking into his laptop. The singer had made contact with Mr Carlsen, 29, on the social networking website Gaydar. Mr Carlsen told the court that he was dragged along the floor towards the bed and a handcuff was put on his right hand. The manacle was attached to a hook drilled into the wall by the bed. The police later photographed welts on Mr Carlsen's arm where the handcuffs had been. The fire brigade had to be called to cut the cuffs off.